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A State of Asteroid
Mar 27, 2008 11:53 AM
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Good review on what is basically a gimmick notebook.
What do you think about the PC Authority article Apple MacBook Air?
Gorgeous, expensive and exasperating in equal measure, and yet still desirable despite its myriad faults
What do you think? |
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charonis
Mar 27, 2008 11:55 AM
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My cousin's husband mentioned the Air the other weekend, saying how great it is.
I asked why.
He had no answer.
I replied "Exactly." |
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geller
Mar 27, 2008 1:28 PM
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I'll tell you why. The Air is a very light machine, for a decent price. Sure you can get the Eeee, but the keyboard's tiny, and the screen's tiny, and there's no decent apps, well, none I'd write home about. |
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nix
Mar 27, 2008 2:18 PM
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I suppose it depends whether the extra size is worth the price. You can save $1000 and get a regular Macbook which is only slightly thicker, about 1kg heavier (quite a bit admittedly) and significantly faster and more upgradable. Is it really worth it? I think it comes down to $1000 for fashion a lot of the time...
Oh, or if your requirements don't quite need the power you can save $2000 for the EeeeEEEee PC...
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M9ROC
Mar 28, 2008 9:44 AM
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The Mac Air is great. I'm not an owner but having had a look and play with it I can say its excellent engineering. The touch pad is intuitive, the build is solid and quality and the fact there is nothing as thin makes it a delight to carry about. Usability is great too with all the usual Mac functions. Ok it doesn’t have a CD drive and only 1 USB port but give Apple a break, they make products people aspire to own and people always find a cause to moan. Next version Air will probably have more USB’s. CD player could have been included in the price but over all the Mac Air is a great product. |
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Alistor
Mar 28, 2008 10:14 PM
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Style costs money. I'm not going to waste money on a Mac. But "/looks wistful" it would be nice. |
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Invicta
Mar 29, 2008 12:08 AM
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charonis wrote:My cousin's husband mentioned the Air the other weekend, saying how great it is.
I asked why.
He had no answer.
I replied "Exactly."
Apples has excellent Marketing my friend.
EXCELLENT marketing. =P |
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Mar 30, 2008 12:34 PM
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Yup, Apple invent nothing. They re-brand and market. |
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nix
Mar 31, 2008 8:58 AM
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:. wrote:Yup, Apple invent nothing. They re-brand and market.
The same could be said about MS. Apple do it much better though.
So who IS doing the inventing around here then?
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Mar 31, 2008 11:29 PM
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nix wrote:.:Cyb3rGlitch:. wrote:Yup, Apple invent nothing. They re-brand and market. The same could be said about MS. Apple do it much better though. So who IS doing the inventing around here then?
I'd say companies like IBM which do a lot of research. |
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chris
Apr 2, 2008 8:21 PM
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:. wrote:Yup, Apple invent nothing. They re-brand and market. You really don't get it, do you? |
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Apr 3, 2008 1:47 PM
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chris wrote:.:Cyb3rGlitch:. wrote:Yup, Apple invent nothing. They re-brand and market. You really don't get it, do you?
Explain to me what I don't get. |